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Moustafa Bayoumi

Donald Trump sure makes a lot of ‘jokes’ about ruling as a dictator, doesn’t he?

side-view of man wearing blue suit and red tie speaking in front of a podium and microphone
‘Did Trump just call for democracy to end in the next election cycle? Oh, come on. He’s just being funny! (But yes, he did.)’ Photograph: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

Last Friday, Donald Trump told an audience of Christian conservatives to “get out and vote, just this time. You won’t have to do it any more. Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote any more, my beautiful Christians.”

Selling the idea to US citizens that their next vote will be their last one just doesn’t seem like a winning proposition to me, but what do I know? I’m not running to be elected dictator on day one of my second presidency.

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